GSKS.SEG.ORG March-April 2007 Volume 3, Issue 2 ... · Seismic Processing and Analysis. ... seismic data …” Leonard L. Srnka, ExxonMobil Corporation. Marine controlled-source

Program Chairman’s Column

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Technical Program Abstract

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GSK Membership 3

GSK Council 3

GSK Committees 3

GSK Advertising Rates

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Note from the Editor 3

Crew Tracker 4

AAPG Mid-Continent Conference

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Professional Directory 7

In this issue:

Greetings to all who are out there endeavoring to teach, study, and apply geophysics in your various involvements with this very special science. I’m continually amazed at the pace with which our profession moves the ball ahead! Winter in the central/southern Mid-Continent will soon be behind us for 2006-07. It has been interesting to see how natural gas in storage somehow managed to come closer to balancing with five-year trends, in spite of the market ‘expert’s’ predictions of major overhang going into the spring season.

We will not digress here about the myriad analyses of the earth’s climate, but I do hope that truly sensible science will come to bear on this issue. Per-haps the SEG will become ac-tively engaged in and offer a reasoned public opinion on this very important subject. On a happy note, many of us in the Society experienced a truly enjoyable evening January 19, as we celebrated the retirement of one of our esteemed col-leagues, Dick Lockhart. With his wife Rollande very capably arranging for the festivities, we were treated to excellent food, a

few good stories, and one of those nights to remember. More about this follows on page 5, but I do want to state on the ‘front page’ that the Council unanimously agreed that this would be an excellent opportu-nity to bestow our first ever Honorary Life Membership upon Dick, and it was a real pleasure to make that presenta-tion during a special time of the evening. Our desire for ‘nonprofit’ status is moving forward and we ex-pect to submit an application to

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Geophysical Society of Kansas

H T T P : / / G S K S . S E G . O R G March-April 2007

Volume 3, Issue 2

Upcoming GSKS Lecture

• Leonard Srnka to present “Illuminating Reservoirs with Elec-tromagnetics.” See more details inside.

• Web Address: http://gsks.seg.org

Program Chairman’s Column

On Feb. 8, Dr. Matthew Brzostowski, of WesternGeco, presented “Integration of Seismic and Reser-voir Properties.” Dr. Brzostowski showed some remarkable slides that indicated changes in reservoir rock properties with time (4D seismic) that resulted from hydrocarbon production. This was our sec-ond meeting in the historical Orpheum Theater and Dr. Brzostowski’s paper was very well attended, including welcome visitors from Oklahoma City! On March 7, we will be hosting the SEG Distinguished Lecture. This will be a Joint Meeting with the Kansas Geological Society and will be held at the Bank of America Auditorium at 12:30 pm (see pro-gram abstract on p. 2). The Bank of America has graciously agreed to sponsor the meeting and will cover the auditorium fees. On April 5, Galen Treadgold, Weinman Geoscience, will present “Barnett Shale Prospecting with 3D Seismic Processing and Analysis.” On May 3, Dr. Kurt Marfurt, University of Houston (a very prestigious institution of higher learning in the geoscience fields), title to be announced.

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The AAPG Mid-Continent meeting will be held in Wichita on Sept. 9-11. We will have the opportu-nity to hear some very prominent speakers at this meeting, including Dr. Bob Hardage (Texas Bureau of Economic Geology), Dr. Tom Davis (Colorado School of Mines), Dr. Steve Roche (Veritas), C. Ed Helsing (ExxonMobil), and Dr. Don Steeples (2007 SEG Distinguished lecture). Jim Bogardus (PGS – Onshore) will host a short course, Geophysics for Geologists, that will cover aspects of acquisition, processing, and interpretation. There will also be some excellent student papers that will be competing for scholarships. The Kansas Geological Society has scheduled the following talks for March and April: March 7 Joint Meeting with the Geophysical Society of Kansas: SEG Distinguished Lecturer,

Dr. Leonard Snrka, Illuminating Reservoirs with Electromagnetics March 12 Paul Simpson, Introducing Xact Telemetry March 19 Bill Scanlan, Nutech March 26 Richard Findley, Bakken Shale Play April 9 Monte Markley April 16 Steve Trenchard, Houston, Geomorphology For additional information, please contact KGS Program Chairman Bob Cowdery at [email protected] The Geophysical Society of Oklahoma City has the following presentations scheduled: March 19 5:30pm–Social Hour, 6:30pm–Dinner, 7:00pm–Speaker: Matthew Brzostowski,

WesternGeco, Evolution of Quantitative Seismic Interpretation Techniques. April 17 12:00-5:00pm GSOC Annual Continuing Education Seminar

Scheduled Speakers: Ajay Badachhape, ConocoPhillips; Mark Davies, ARKeX; Bryan Devault, Vecta; Bruce Mattox, CGGVeritas

Shrimp Boil to follow at 7:00pm For additional information, please contact GSOC’s Program Chairman [email protected].

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Geophysical Society of Kansas Volume 3, Issue 2

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Program Chairman’s Column—cont’d

“… CSEM provides valuable information on subsurface lithology and fluids independently from seismic data …”

Leonard L. Srnka, ExxonMobil Corporation. Marine controlled-source electro-magnetics

(CSEM) has recently become a significant business tool for up-stream applications due to the convergence of many technolo-gies. CSEM provides valuable

information on subsurface lithol-ogy and fluids independently from seismic data; however, its spatial resolution is much lower. Uptake has been dramatic, with more than 200 industry marine CSEM surveys acquired world-wide since late 2000.

This presentation discusses some results that demonstrate both the promise and the chal-lenges that lie ahead. CSEM can detect and map offshore reser-voir hydrocarbon resistivity at

depths exceeding 2000 meters. But resistivity determination is hardly a foolproof method for hydrocarbon identification, since many geologic facies are electri-cally resistive relative to their surroundings. As marine CSEM matures, it may prove to be the most important geophysical technology for probing below the seafloor since the emergence of 3D reflection seismology

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Technical Program Abstract “Illuminating Reservoirs with Electromagnetics”

Note from the Editor A couple of months ago I invited each of the GSKS student scholarship and grant recipients to write a “short note” about themselves and what they see the future will bring in geophys-ics. As you might imagine the responses are diverse, but one central theme seems to come through in each commentary—the future looks good for our profession! Each of these award win-ners was asked to write about their own scholastic and research activities and how they saw themselves professionally in 10 years. As follow-on I asked them to give us their vision of our profession in 10 years. With these awards the Society has con-tributed to the education of an outstanding group of students; we have clearly made a good investments in the future. Their write-ups are on page 9. I want to take this opportunity to compliment Rick Saenger on the excellent job he has done in lining up outstanding, cutting-edge, state-of-our-profession talks. Without exception I continue to be impressed with the stature of the speakers Rick brings in and the regional significance of the work they present. As a reminder, the SEG annual convention this year is in San Antonio, September 23-28. Abstracts are due by April 11. Also, in the February issue of The Leading Edge there is a spe-cial section on the ‘Lower 48.’ In the May/June newsletter we plan to have another article on what is happening at our state schools in geophysics education. Also, next issue we hope to bring you the first in a new collec-tion of articles called Exploration Challenges. This collection will focus on solutions to real exploration challenges in the mid-continent as provided by the day-to-day geophysical practi-tioner. As a side note to all: We welcome anyone who would like to include an article or discussion note in the newsletter. Please feel free to submit material at any time. It would be our pleas-ure to print your “letters to the editor” as well as any news item or technical tidbit that you would like to share with your col-leagues.

Rick Miller

TECHNICAL PROGRAMS Rick Saenger PUBLICITY Kirk Rundle MEMBERSHIP Mike Crouch NEWSLETTER Rick Miller ADVERTISING Dennis Hedke WEBPAGE Open CONTINUING EDUCATION Rick Saenger POTENTIAL FIELDS Open

GSK Committees

OFFICERS FOR THE CURRENT TERM: PRESIDENT Dennis Hedke, Woolsey Operating Co., LLC, Wichita, Kansas VICE-PRESIDENT Rick Saenger, Mull Drilling Co., Inc., Wichita, Kansas SECRETARY Michael Crouch, Consultant, Wichita, Kansas TREASURER Susan Nissen, Consultant, McLouth, Kansas EDITOR Rick Miller, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, Kansas COUNCIL ADVISOR Kirk Rundle, Consultant, Wichita, Kansas COUNCIL ADVISOR Robert Francis, Consultant, Wichita, Kansas

2006-07 Council


Membership in GSK Joining GSK can be accomplished either by requesting an application form from Membership chairman Mike Crouch at [email protected], or 316-264-4334, or by down-loading an electronic form at http://gsks.seg.org and submitting the form according to instructions provided on the form.

Membership Classifications Annual Fees

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Associate $25

Student No Charge

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The Crew Tracker As of February 27, 2007


System IV sensor

planting guide.

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Provided by Acquisition Company Representatives Acquisition Company Location (County/Parish) Instruments Lockhart Geophysical – Crew 1 Trego, KS ARAM/ARIES Lockhart Geophysical – Crew 2 Comanche, KS ARAM/ARIES Lockhart Geophysical – Crew 3 Graham, KS ARAM/ARIES Lockhart Geophysical – Crew 4 Pratt, KS ARAM/ARIES Lockhart Geophysical – Crew 5 Yuma, CO ARAM/ARIES Global Geophysical – Crew 444 Goliad, TX Sercel 408 Global Geophysical – Crew 445 Texas, OK Sercel 428 Global Geophysical – Crew 446 Kern, CA Sercel 428 Global Geophysical – Crew 448 Conway, AR Sercel 408 Global Geophysical – Crew 408 Conway, AR Sercel 408 Paragon Geophysical – Crew 205 Pontotoc, OK System II Paragon Geophysical – Crew 206 McPherson, KS System IV Paragon Geophysical – Crew 207 Decatur, KS System IV PGS Onshore – Crew 300 Caddo, OK Sercel 408 PGS Onshore – Crew 320 Cameron, TX I/O RSR PGS Onshore – Crew 330 Madison, TX Sercel 408 SECO – Party 42 Stanton, KS SECO-Image SECO – Party 43 Motley, TX ARAM/ARIES


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Proceedings “Emceed” by Robey Clark, with special comments by Kirk Rundle

Our special thanks to you Dick for more than 30 years of service to the Geophysical Community of Kansas and surrounding regions.

We wish you all the best and Godspeed in your new endeavors.

Upper Photo: Kirk Rundle, Dick Lockhart, Robey Clark

Lower Photo: Dennis Hedke, Bob Francis, Kirk Rundle, Rick Saenger, Dick Lockhart, Don Steeples

HONORARY GALA CELEBRATING THE RETIREMENT OF RICHARD L. “DICK” LOCKHART

January 19, 2007

Petroleum Club, Wichita, Kansas


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The Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists and Denver Geophysical Society will hold their 13th Annual 3-D Seismic Symposium on Tuesday, March 6, at the Marriott Hotel, Downtown Denver, Colorado. The 2007 symposium features 3-D seismic case histories showing the value of seismic information as well as the latest acquisition, interpretation, and imaging techniques. Experience the latest in 3-D tech-nology during your breaks in the vendor area next to the main hall. Keynote Speakers Colin Bruce, BP North American Gas AND Jim Hollis, VP New Ventures, Input/Output, Inc. BP's World-Record Seismic Program Near Wamsutter, Wyoming Kickoff Speaker Bob A. Hardage, Senior Research Scientist, Texas Bureau of Economic Geology Seismic Technologies for Independents and Unconventional Resources Twelve talks including ■ Vermillion Basin Structural Style and Pore Pressure Prediction, SW Wyoming / NW Colorado ■ Integrated Fracture Analysis–3D Seismic Attributes, Natural Buttes Field, Utah ■ Renaissance at Rulison Field, Visualization of 9C-4D Seismic with Borehole Microseismic Data ■ Barnett Shale Fracture Illumination/Stress Orientation from 3D Volumetric Curvature Analysis ■ High Resolution 3D Seismic for EOR CO2 Flood at Salt Creek Field, Wyoming ■ Cost Effective 3D Seismic for Shallow Gas Structures, North Central Montana ■ 3D Attributes for Fracture Trends in Mid-Continent Miss. Carbonate Reservoirs, Kansas ■ Modern 3D Seismic Technologies in the Mature San Juan Basin, New Mexico ■ Fracture Lineaments Calibrated to Volumetric Curvature, Canadian Rockies Foothills, BC, Canada For more information visit http://www.rmag.org/events/index.asp. We are continuing to recruit speakers for technical presentations. If you have any recommendations for papers or would care to provide feedback, please email to me at [email protected]. Based on the events scheduled above, we have some very good educational opportunities ahead of us. Please continue to support our professional societies with your attendance and appreciation!

Rick Saenger

Program Chairman’s Column—cont’d

President’s Message—cont’d

the IRS in the relatively near future. The creation of a foundation, to be named something like the “Geophysical Foundation of Kansas,” will be the result of these efforts. Rick Saenger has been busily organizing the Technical Programs to finish out our Spring season. He has also been working with the 2007 AAPG Mid-Contintnent Technical Program Committee to develop a special session with a focus on geophysics. I extend my kudos to him for his work in bringing together an excellent pro-gram.

Finally, we are now planning for our first election of new officers for the 2007-08 term. We will be sending out a slate of candidates during March, followed by ballots to be mailed in April, with an-nouncement of results in May. New officers will be installed on June 1. Rick Saenger, current Vice-President / President-elect, is set to take over as President. We will be electing a new Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Council Member-at-large. Keep your eyes open for the slate and the ballots, and have a great springtime ahead.

Dennis Hedke

Professional Directory


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My name is Nate Cless, and I am a senior in the geology de-partment at Kansas State University. I would first off like to say that it is an honor to be awarded a scholarship from the Geophysical Society of Kansas, and I certainly plan on putting it to good use here at K-State. I am currently scheduled to graduate from K-State in Decem-ber of 2007, and my future after that is a little up in the air. I hope to obtain an internship from an oil company during the Spring of 2008, and then I plan on pursuing my master's degree starting in the Fall of 2008. After my college days are over, I plan on working in the oil and gas industry as a petroleum geologist/geophysicist. I have seen firsthand how useful geophysics is becoming in the oil industry, and especially here in Kansas where 3D seismic is used to help locate prospect wells. Geophysics has already had a tremendous impact on the oil industry, and over the next several years I see geophysics pushing the oil industry to a whole new level. So far during my collegiate career, I have just begun taking introductory courses in geophysics. However, in this class we were able to use computer software with actual data to locate a few prospect wells. While in graduate school I plan on taking more advanced courses in geophysics that will give me a broad knowledge of geophysics and allow me to interpret seis-mic data like that used here in Kansas. I would like to again thank everyone at the GSKS for awarding me this scholarship.

Nathan Cless, Kansas State University Scholarship / SR Undergrad

I am a graduate (Master’s) student in the Department of Geol-ogy at Wichita State University. I have done my bachelors studies in the field of Civil Engineering and came here with my wife after she got an assistantship for her PhD program in chemistry. Both of us are from Sri Lanka and had our bachelor’s degree from the Uni-versity of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka. After graduating I worked for the National Water Supply and Drainage Board of Sri Lanka as a Civil Engineer for three years and carried out design and adminis-trative work in water supply for the second largest city in Sri Lanka. (12 water supply schemes with over 80,000 connections.) I started my Master’s program in geology in Fall 2005 and in Fall 2006 semester I started working as a Teaching Assistant in the department too. So far I have completed 24 out of 30 course work requirements and maintain a 4.0 GPA. I started my thesis project with Dr. William C. Parcell and am working on Jurassic age micro-bial developments in the Little Cedar Creek oil field, Alabama, which is the largest Jurassic age oil field discovered in northern U.S. Gulf coast. I am also working on a another project which in-volves correlation of geologic formations in southeast Montana and northwest Wyoming using collected and available geophysical data. The work I am carrying out at the moment in my master’s re-search involves most of the geophysical applications. Logs from previously drilled wells and some on-surface logs (Gamma ray) are being used in the two projects I am working at the moment. Geo-physical applications such as seismic data and well logs such as gamma ray, caliper, neutron density, neutron porosity, electric resistivity and electromagnetic conductivity are being used to pre-pare maps, structural and stratigraphic profiles in these two pro-

From our Scholarship Recipients

jects. 2-D and 3-D seismic methods will be some additional infor-mation I will include in order to correct and modify work carried out with the well logs. I see the next decade as the decade of Geophysics in the petro-leum industry. With the development of new geoinformation sys-tems, everyone in the petroleum industry starts working with geo-physical applications. Nowadays geologists in the field use these geophysical data to come up with their prospective. Depending on their capacity and capability, most companies in the industry use 2-D or 3-D seismic methods before they drill their prospects. Though it is not totally dependent upon geophysical applications right now, by the end of the next decade the petroleum industry will totally depend on them. Therefore, for everyone who is expecting to go for the petroleum industry it is a good idea to have a better knowledge of geophysics. I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to Geophysical Society for supporting my education by providing the scholarship for Spring 2007.

Ganganath Koralegedara, Wichita State University Scholarship / MS Candidate

I am currently in my fourth semester of taking classes at the University of Kansas and participating in research at the Kansas Geological Survey. November 2007 is my anticipated graduation date with a Master of Science in Geology with a Geophysics em-phasis. During the last two years, my research and studies have focused on near-surface applications of geophysical techniques – in particular, the implications of Vibroseis and impulse sources on time-lapse seismic surveys. For my research, I have been using two seismic datasets. One dataset is a 4D survey acquired in Russell County, Kansas to monitor a miscible CO2 flood; data were ana-lyzed to determine the impact of Vibrator and receiver terrain on repeatability. The second dataset is a 2D time-lapse survey acquired in Las Cruces, New Mexico, to monitor water table fluctuations in the floodplain of the Rio Grande; data were analyzed to determine the effects of repeated occupations of downhole impulse source sta-tions on waveform characteristics, and optimum acquisition param-eters for maximized repeatability. After graduation, I intend to seek employment with a govern-ment agency or the military where I can use geophysical techniques to solve problems and/or develop new technologies. Ultimately, my goal is to apply the knowledge of physics and geophysics I have diligently worked to acquire to a career I find personally fulfilling, especially if I can help others by solving problems affecting the environment and human safety. Ten years down the road, I envision the geophysics profession as it relates to seismic exploration tend-ing toward full seismic wavefield analysis, with information about the subsurface obtained from analyzing different parts of the wave-field (surface waves, reflections, refractions, etc.). In this fashion, an optimum range of information will be obtained from seismic data. In closing, I was surprised and honored to receive this scholar-ship. It means a lot and I will proudly display it on my resume and acknowledge the GSKS in publications I am currently working on.

Shelby Walters, University of Kansas Scholarship / MS Candidate


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American Association of Petroleum Geologists MID-CONTINENT SECTION MEETING 2007

New Ideas – More Oil and Gas

September 9-11, 2007 Wichita, Kansas Airport Hilton

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Mid-Continent Section

No Web page for Midcontinent Section available to link to: aapg.org/sections/midcontinent.cfm

Hosted by

Kansas Geological Society 212 North Market Street, Suite 100

Wichita, Kansas 67202 www.kgslibrary.com

Students are encouraged to participate in this meeting

to get feedback on their research, publish some facet of their work, and meet potential employers.


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Geophysics at Fort Hays State Universty—cont’d


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30 years ago. The key determinant of commercial success will be whether the value of CSEM information is worth the money spent, relative to what other data can provide. Biography

Leonard J. Srnka received a B.S. in Engineering Science from Purdue University in 1968, graduating summa cum laude. In 1974, he received his PhD in Physics from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, and from Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, United Kingdom (1970-1973), where he was a Marshall Scholar. Leonard spent his early career working for the NASA Lunar Science Institute as a Postdoctoral Fellow (1974-1976) and as a Staff Scientist (1976-1979) where he researched on the origins and evolution of lunar and planetary electromagnetism.

The latter part of his career has been spent working at the Exxon-Mobil Corporation. From 1979-1993 he was project leader and supervisor with assignments in electromagnetic methods, seismic modeling and inversion, and borehole geophysics. He was a super-visor for gravity, magnetics, and remote sensing research and appli-cations (1993-1998). From 1998 to present, Len has been the pro-ject leader for land and marine electromagnetic technology, and serves as a member of the senior technical staff. He championed the Remote Reservoir Resistivity Mapping (“R3M”) breakthrough re-search project for upstream applications. He has been the Chief Scientist on numerous marine CSEM surveys offshore Europe and West Africa in 2001-2003. Leonard has special interests in marine MT and CSEM acquisition technology, 3D modeling, data interpre-tation, and imaging/inversion. He has twenty-six refereed publica-tions and numerous patents issued and pending.

Technical Program Abstract—cont’d


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